Gu Jiaojiao stared at the food box before her. It was made of solid wood and looked quite new, though it was a little dirty. It felt incredibly heavy when she tried to lift it.

Gu Jiaojiao couldn’t help but grimace.

"Were food boxes from this era always so heavy?"

She admitted to herself that she was a bit delicate, but she should have been able to lift something that weighed thirty or forty pounds. Yet this seven-tiered food box was something she couldn’t even budge.

Leng Yuan shook his head.

"We’ll talk when we get back."

Gu Jiaojiao blinked, instantly understanding his meaning. When she saw the old watchman walking over, she quickly raised her voice and said,

"This food box is actually pretty nice. I’ll use it to bring you meals from now on. Otherwise, whenever I bring soup, it always spills."

"Then let’s buy it too."

Leng Yuan agreed casually, then carried all their items over to the old watchman.

The old man could see that none of the items were particularly valuable, though the bed warmers were a bit pricier at five yuan each.

That was not cheap for the times.

In the end, everything cost a total of eleven yuan.

Leng Yuan paid and left with Gu Jiaojiao.

Not long after Gu Jiaojiao had gone, Xu Wenwan arrived at the scrap station.

She came alone.

She had read plenty of period novels and had even written some herself.

In every one, the female lead managed to find treasures here.

Xu Wenwan had long wanted to come, but she never had any money on hand.

Today, she had finally managed to get two yuan from her mother, Chen Xiumin, and couldn’t wait to come treasure hunting.

The old watchman was unfazed and let Xu Wenwan straight in.

Full of excitement, Xu Wenwan went inside and began her treasure hunt.

She started off with great enthusiasm, but after digging for a long time without finding anything, she couldn’t help but feel dejected.

’Why isn’t there anything here?’

She did spot some things like antique vases, but they were all smashed to smithereens and had no collection value whatsoever.

Xu Wenwan refused to give up. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

She dug through the junk pile for a while longer.

Finally, she saw something.

It was a sky-blue teapot.

It had a handle on top and a spout on the side, but the lid was missing.

Xu Wenwan looked at it, puzzled.

’This teapot is so oddly shaped.’

’Little Seven, help me check. Is this an antique?’

The system was summoned. It performed a direct scan and confirmed that it was, in fact, a Ming Dynasty antique.

Hearing this, all the frustration that had been building up inside Xu Wenwan for days was finally released.

’Haha, I knew it! I knew I’d find something good.’

’After all, I’m the female lead of this book. I’ve got a protagonist’s halo.’

’How else could I have found a Ming Dynasty antique just by looking around randomly!’

Xu Wenwan caressed the teapot, a calculating glint in her eyes.

She had come here to treasure hunt with a plan: wait for the economy to recover, sell whatever she found, and then use the money from the antiques to start a business.

In her previous life, Gu Jiaojiao had gone into business making skincare products. Back then, Xu Wenwan had been indignant, so she had sought out numerous experts and learned many skincare formulas herself.

Now, she was genuinely grateful to her past self for having the patience to learn so much.

The skincare market was still a blank slate, and she knew so many formulas. She could pick any one of them and make an absolute fortune.

’It was just my bad luck in my past life.’

’I started my own skincare company, but then I got sued. They claimed I had plagiarized my formulas, which cost me a fortune.’

’The company went bankrupt less than two months after it was founded.’

’And Gu Jiaojiao?’

’After her company was established, it quickly shot to fame. She even founded her own brand, which became a hit not only in the domestic market but internationally as well.’

’But because her business was so successful, she angered a lot of people and was constantly being hunted down.’

’My company failed while Gu Jiaojiao’s just grew bigger and bigger. I was so jealous!’

’So jealous I couldn’t sleep or eat. I lost a ton of weight in just a short time.’

’Later, when I heard someone was planning to kidnap Gu Jiaojiao, I even took the initiative and gave them her address.’

’Too bad those people were so useless. They had the address and still couldn’t catch her. Absolutely pathetic.’